Prep Talk

As Advent Comes to a Close Mr. Towell Shares His Thoughts on Spirituality

Posted December 23rd, 2015

Advent is almost over and Christmas is once again upon us. Advent has been all about hope and Christmas Day sees our hope take on flesh in the person and figure of Jesus of Nazareth. As a Catholic and Augustinian Community we at the Prep are called to be hope-filled and Christ-centered, not just during these two Liturgical Seasons, but every single day.

The Infancy Narratives in Matthew & Luke’s Gospels remind us that we are a people on a journey towards God. Every path we take is unique and somewhat personal, but we need not walk it in isolation from our brothers and sisters. Indeed, as St. Augustine tells us, it is through the reality of Community and Brotherhood that we can journey towards the person of Christ most effectively.

“Charity (Love) makes us support one another in bearing our burdens. When the deer have to cross a river, each one of them carries on its back the head of the one following while it rests its head on the back of the one preceding. In that way, supporting and helping each other, they are able to cross safely wide rivers, until they reach together the stability of the land.” (St. Augustine, Eighty-three Diverse Questions 71, 1)

Let us take heed of our patron’s message of mutual love and support for one another recalling that God became flesh though the Incarnation so that He could do the same – to become the Emmanuel, God with us.